ACT365 – Integrated Security Anytime, Anywhere
PRODUCT LAUNCH WITH A DIFFERENCE FOR ACT –
Boldly going where no security product has gone before.
ACT have launched their latest cloud based product ‘ACT365’ in a very unique way.
The challenge was to convey the major benefits of ACT365 in a simple yet interesting and fun way. ACT365 is a cloud based integrated access control and video management solution that can be accessed from anywhere in the world using a web browser or the ACT365 Smart Phone App. ACT365 suits applications that require remote access, need to manage multiple sites across the country or even the planet and of course those sites that demand a cloud based security solution. So, what better way to launch ACT365, than by launching it into space?
David Moran, Marketing Director of ACT, said: “ACT365 provides our installers with benefit of remote diagnostics and servicing, the end user benefits through remote management and monitoring of their security system. We thought we would send it somewhere pretty remote and really show it to the world. It’s a cloud product of course but ACT always likes to go one level higher so we’ve sent it up 34 kilometres into the upper atmosphere!”
He continued: “ACT is celebrating its twenty-first year in 2016, so it’s important to us to launch a product that represents the future of the security industry. Cloud based, integrated solutions with native mobile apps are all technology trends that are here to stay, and we believe we have brought this technology to new levels with ACT365.”
An ACT reader and a mini-dome camera mounted to a board were launched from a site in Sheffield tethered to a weather balloon, which travelled 34km up and drifted for approx. 50 miles. It eventually landed 5 hours later in a Champion Show Jumper’s back garden near Leicester who kindly allowed us to retrieve it.
The footage will show you the board from launch to reaching its peak altitude, if you look carefully you can see ice build-up inside the mini dome camera with the weather balloon clearly reflected in the glass. An amazing scene unfolds on the ascent with the curvature of the earth with its thin blue atmosphere clearly visible above a carpet of cloud across the Earth. This comes to an end with the balloon exploding and the payload free falling back towards earth before the parachute is fully deployed.
See launch video here: